Ondo: Police bust armed robbery gang, arrest two, recover charms, laptop

Two suspected equipped robbers person been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command, with a locally made revolver and different exhibits recovered.

The suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) of the bid successful Akure, the authorities capital, portion acting connected quality received.

Disclosing the improvement successful a connection on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Abayomi Jimoh, identified the suspects arsenic Isreal Abakah, 35, and Emmanuel Gbene, 37.

According to Jimoh, the suspects were apprehended astatine antithetic locations wrong the Akure metropolis pursuing intelligence-led operations.

The constabulary spokesperson successful the authorities emphasised that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly beryllium to an equipped robbery syndicate suspected of terrorising residents of Akure and its surrounding communities.

He said, “In the people of the operation, operatives conducted a raid connected the gang’s hideout successful the Olufoam country of Akure, wherever a locally made revolver susceptible of holding 4 rounds of ammunition was recovered.

“Other exhibits recovered during the cognition see suspected transgression charms, a laptop, motorcycle mirrors and a fig plate. The suspects person confe...